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Jul. 31, 2010

Police Sued Over Services for Deaf

Disability rights advocates are taking aim at local law enforcement agencies for allegedly failing to provide qualified interpreters for deaf people in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

By Emma Gallegos

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Disability rights advocates are taking aim at local law enforcement agencies for allegedly failing to provide qualified interpreters for deaf people in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Plaintiff's attorneys sued five local law enforcement agencies - and reached settlements in some of those cases - over who qualifies as a suitable interpreter and when police must p...

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